%0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Relman, David A. %E Hamburg, Margaret A. %E Choffnes, Eileen R. %E Mack, Alison %T Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation: A Tribute to the Life and Scientific Legacies of Joshua Lederberg: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-13121-6 %D 2009 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12586/microbial-evolution-and-co-adaptation-a-tribute-to-the-life %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12586/microbial-evolution-and-co-adaptation-a-tribute-to-the-life %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Biology and Life Sciences %K Health and Medicine %P 330 %R doi:10.17226/12586 %X Dr. Joshua Lederberg - scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats - died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats convened a public workshop on May 20-21, 2008, to examine Dr. Lederberg's scientific and policy contributions to the marketplace of ideas in the life sciences, medicine, and public policy. The resulting workshop summary, Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation, demonstrates the extent to which conceptual and technological developments have, within a few short years, advanced our collective understanding of the microbiome, microbial genetics, microbial communities, and microbe-host-environment interactions.